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The theory is you can achieve plenty of bitterness, but it can actually be a smoother bitterness. And I think 50ish ibus will add some decent bitterness. I've tried this technique before and it seemed to have good results. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Leave an ounce of each for dry hopping, and throw the remainder in between 5 minutes and flameout. :)

Yeah strictly flameout hops. It was showing around 50 ibus in beersmith which is why I also went with 12 minutes. As far as the 90 minute boil, it's just something I prefer to do, and I wanted the color a touch darker without having darker grain. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Brewed this yesterday. I wanted something sessionable for springtime. What do you guys/girls think? Batch size: 4.25 gal (that's about the max I can do based on my equipment.) 6lbs 2 row (92.4%) 1/4 lb carapils (3.8%) 1/4 lb crystal 60 (3.8%) Mashed at 152 for 60 minutes. Boiled for 90...

I've tasted a couple of bottles so far and it's not bad. ddrrseio was definitely right about not having enough hops in there. I believe I had a silly miscalculation with the hop percentages, but it's ok, i'll just make more! I bottled it about 10ish days ago and it's almost carbed completely. It...

This. I love that book. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Chris Steltz reviewed that on YouTube. I haven't had it but he said it was pretty generic so I'm not going to spend my money on that. Give me a Stone Go To IPA, it's awesome! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

A hop bursted pale with cascade and citra. The airlock smelled like passionfruit :) Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

50 IBU should be fine, especially if the gravity finishes higher than normal. And yes if it tastes too bitter now, just wait awhile. Cheers. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Karkinos did you make a starter? And how fresh was your yeast? And Medley I agree with you there. The scaling of recipes is never linear. Good call there. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I would say use ctz and adjust it based on ibus. There are exactly 1 bazillion calculators out there for that! Has anyone tried their finished kit yet? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

So brew day went well and now I have it in the secondary dry hopping. I'll probably be bottling this within the next 4-5 days hopefully. I want this thing fresh! I did however overshoot the gravity by about 8 points, so didn't ferment down as far as I'd have wanted it to. It stopped at 1.020...

I agree with that. I've always thought that Vinnie never truly gave out the EXACT recipe, but definitely something really close that us homebrewers seem to enjoy :) Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I set my hop schedule according to the ipa book mitch put out. The dry hop is different based on my equipment. I think it says 10 days 60F and then to crash at 34F

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I thought I would be alright but you know how it is. This is an all grain biab 4 gal batch.

Hey everyone! I'm sure this question has been answered but I was unable to find it in my search. I brewed yesterday and was shooting for a 1.080, when to my surprise I hit a 1.090. I am totally ok with the fact that I may end up with a much bigger beer, but I made a starter for a 1.080. In...

That's definitely the best way to have it! Fresh from the brewpub :) The kit looks pretty much right on target based on the recipes that Vinnie has given out. The one thing I would say is that if you're bottling instead of kegging you'll definitely lose a little hop character simply because of...

Well it's brew day! I'll be mashing in about 4ish hours from now. Made a 1.5L starter for this small beast of a beer. If i can remember to I'll take more pictures and post them as I go.

Definitely Stone. It's my Disneyland :) Also: Green Flash Lost Abbey Pizza Port Alpine Brewing Beachwood Brewing Alesmith Coronado PS there are two Stone World Bistros, one in Escondido and 1 at Liberty Station. I haven't been to LS, but the one in Escondido is fantastic. The food...

Has anyone tried this out?! I know that a lot of homebrewers (and their homebrewing mothers) know that Vinnie has given out the recipe, but what of this kit? Any thoughts? http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/brewing/recipe-kits/all-grain-kits/the-plinian-legacy-all-grain-recipe-kit.html